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Exploring Game Design

Introduction

This Post will show overview of Game Design I have learned in post graduate university.
This research is going to be the base of our game.

Table of contents

  • Overview of Game Design Document & Tools
  • Single-player and Multi-player Level Design
  • Counter Play
  • Game Economies
  • Balancing Multiplayer Games
  • Asymmetric Design
  • Matchmaking and Ranking System
  • Conclusion

Overview of Game Design Tools

There are two powerful game development engines, which are Unity and Unreal Engine. They have their own pros and cons. This chapter will introduce them briefly.

Unity

Assets

There are over 50,000 3D game assets alone (03/04/2024).
You can use some of them for free.

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https://assetstore.unity.com/

Language

C# is used for scripting. It is easy for new programmers to learn.

Easy to use

You can use Unity easily for indie game developers or small teams.

Unreal

It is ofter used

Single-player and Multiplayer Level Design

Counter Play

Game Economies

Balancing Multiplayer Games

Asymmetric Design

Matchmaking and Ranking System

Conclusion

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